NC0020290_SOC_QuarterlyReport_20230412

Russell Fox
Mayor
Heather Hockaday
Town Manager/Attorney
Chad Fox
Town Clerk
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Town of Burnsville Public Works Department
SOC Quarterly Report For January 2023-March, 2023
Mr. Landon Davidson, P. G. Regional Office Supervisor
Surface Water Protection Section
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
2090 U.S. Highway 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Councilors:
Judy Buchanan
Denise Collier
Randy 011is
Bill Wheeler
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APR 12 2023
Water Quality Regional Operations
Asheville Regional Office
SUBJECT: Environmental Management Commission Settlement Agreement
Quarterly Status Report
Town of Burnsville Collection System
NPDES PERMIT NCO020290 and WQCS00143
Dear Mr. Davidson:
This Quarterly Report documents the Town of Burnsville Sewer Collection System compliance
activities during January, February and March 2023.
The Town has experienced no SSO's and the Pine Swamp treatment facility has operated within
permitted limits during the period of this quarterly report.
Project 3b-OMC Pump Station Flow Reduction
The project to install an additional pump at the OMC Pump Station to divert between
50-70,000 GPD of flow to the EY Sewer District's treatment facility located East of
Burnsville has been completed. Yancey County has committed to obligating a portion of
their 2021 State Budget Infrastructure funding for the construction of force main to
connect. The Town previously secured engineering services for the design and bids for
the force main connection to the EYWSD collection system. We are awaiting design
information from the engineering firm McGill Associates. The collection system is has
just recently been completed. The County has also committed to obligate funding from
their above mentioned earmark for camera inspection, cleaning and inspection of
portions of the EY Sewer District's collection system and repairs and upgrades to the EY-
WWTP as were outlined in document sent to the County Manager dated April 20, 2022
from the ARO. The total amount allocated for these inspections and repairs will be $1.5
million. We are awaiting budget documents from the engineering firm for the county to
formally process these requests through the Division.
P.O. Box 97 • Burnsville, North Carolina 28714 • Phone [phone] • FAX [phone] • www.townofburnsville.org

• Project 4-Baker's Creek Pump Station Rehabilitation
The Engineering Report was submitted to the Division for review within the proper
timeline. The engineers have responded to comments and we are awaiting approval.
• Project 5-West Main Sewer Interceptor Improvements
The Design package was submitted to the Division's engineer on CDBG-1 projects in
October of 2022 and the same was returned the engineering firm in late January 2023
with comments and a request for additional information. The Town was required to
hold an additional public hearing to clarify the project area covered some areas of sewer
easement that left the public road right of way and crossed private property easements
and amend the narrative. The public hearing was held at the Town Council's regular
March 2, 2023 business meeting and the minutes will be approved and submitted with
the rest of the documentation after the April 6, 2023 meeting. Due to the approval delay
an extension was requested and approved until May 10, 2023 for Design and Bid
package approval.
• Project 7- Burnsville WWTP Improvements:
Funding for this project has now been increased to $8,850,000.00 after Yancey County
agreed to provide, from their State earmark, the additional $2.8 million in funding when
the Town's application for more grant funding from DWI was unsuccessful. The County
has contracted with WithersRavenel as the Engineering Firm. With additional funding
the new proposed scope of rehabilitation would include the addition of a new 0.5
treatment unit to be installed instead of a 0.3 unit. The plan includes rehabilitation of
the existing 0.5 treatment unit for an EQ basin and possibly pretreatment processing as
well. The Town is planning to apply to the CDBG-1 program for another $1 million in
funding for this project. The engineers and working on a new budget for that grant
request. The additional funding will allow for more updates and modernization at the
treatment facility.
Additional Projects:
• The Town in has secured grant funding through Yancey County from Dogwood Health
Trust for the GIS mapping of the sewer collection system. The sewer mapping project
was completed in late November 2022. Additionally the same funding source will be
used to complete an update of the 2016 AMP/CIP along with an infrastructure master
plan study to evaluate current conditions and capacity of all Town infrastructure and
future needs of both the Town and County. McGill and Associates is finishing updating
the Town's AMP/CIP plan and has begun work on the updating the SDF calculator. At a
joint meeting in early March McGill updated the Town and County on their progress. We
do not yet have a final completion date, but work is continuing to move forward and
Town staff approved final CIP project draft last week.
• The Engineering Report for the East Main Sewer Interceptor Improvements was
submitted to the Division and approval letters were received on March 20, 2023. The

engineers are moving forward with the design and bid package for this project within
the Division's timeline.
The Town Council is committed to improving and planning for future maintenance of the
collection and treatment systems. The Town looks forward to the forward progress of all these
projects as we move through the design phase and onto bidding and construction in
accordance with the Division's timelines.
Please accept this information on behalf of the Town of Burnsville Sewer System. If further
information is needed, please do not hesitate to contact me at 828-682-2824 or by email at
[e-mail]
Sincerely,
Town of Burnsville
V
Heather Hockaday
Town Manager
cc: Tim Heim, ARO Environmental Specialist
Shane Dale, Public Works Director, Town of Burnsville